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March 2023 Newsletter including upcoming social events

A reminder that on Wednesday March 15th, Chris Winzar, Salcombe Lifeboat Cox’n will give a talk on his work.  Be in the Regal Pub, 7pm for 7.30 in the ground floor meeting room. Dave Halsall, proprietor of Singing Paddles, has paddled  canoes on waters around the world and will give an illustrated talk about his adventures on April 19th at […]

December 2022 Newsletter

Your committee met on December 12th, the following is a summary. Membership.  Members are paying their subs for 2023 steadily, thank you.  The unpaid, volunteer officers concerned would appreciate prompt payment from all of us to assist them in their tasks. Boatwatch.  The Boatwatch coordinator would like more volunteers to carry out patrols during the summer,  Any members who […]

KEBC October News and Reports

Your committee met on Monday October 10th, the following are the main points that arose. Most of you are aware that KEBC has supported the Chernobyl Childrens’ Charity over the years with cash donations and events such as the ice cream cruise when the children are here.  With the extremely difficult times in their homeland […]

September update  

I am pleased to say that our presence at Kingsbridge Show 2022 was a success.  To date 7 new members have joined while several others intend joining next year.  Many people stopped for a chat, some of whom knew of us but several did not.  Existing members were mostly pleased to see us and admired our […]

August Newsletter

Your committee met on August 2nd. and decided that, with the present weather conditions, we should not have a BBQ but we would organise a picnic.  So we will meet in Britton’s Field which is easily accessible by foot, road and water on September 9th starting at 1700.  Bring your own food, drink and chairs.  There are a few picnic benches […]

July Newsletter

Your committee met on July 4th, sorry for the delay in reporting to you, I had a short horse riding holiday!  Our secretary, Andy Thomson, has had to retire from the committee due to ill health but he remains our training provider.  Please do not hesitate to contact him, details on our web site, for any […]

KEBC Mid Summer Cruise on Lady Mary

The following from a member of KEBC who participated in the Mid Summer evening cruise on the Kingsbridge/Salcombe ferry, the Lady Mary. What a lovely evening we had yesterday! Huge thanks to Linda for persisting with the organisation of this outing, clearly the gods approved as the weather was gorgeous. Louise and Ray took the […]

March Newsletter

Next Wednesday, March 16th., 7pm for 7.30, members of Kingsbridge Estuary Boat Club will be addresed by Katie McCabe, the youngest person to sail single-handed around Britain at the Regal Club, Kingsbridge.  Last summer, at age 14, she left her home port, Topsham, and sailed anti-clockwise around the country in her 26 foot wooden yacht Falanda..  On Wednesday she will tell us, […]

Wine Tasting Evening

Firstly, we still have some members who have not paid their £15 subscriptions for 2022. Payment must be made by January 31st. or membership will lapse.  Please let us know if you do not intend renewing.  I also need to regretfully inform you that Andy Thompson, our training officer, has been hospitalised.  Consequently all training events in […]